Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 06:24:50 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't install freebsd inside virtualbox, glacially slow Message-ID: <55926E72.5080706@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <55925B9B.2090503@sneakertech.com> References: <55925B9B.2090503@sneakertech.com>
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> I can't seem to get the 10.1 installer to work under virtualbox, > everything is so slow it's completely unusable. The dvd image takes > upwards of a minute to even draw the opening ascii menu, and attempting > to boot the kernel just sits there forever. If I convert the memstick > img into a vdi and boot from that, I just get the "spinning slash" > forever (it doesn't even get to the menu). I've tried the 'set > vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0' trick, tried changing vb's chipset from > PIIX3 to ICH9, tried changing the number of CPUs and ram and everything, > but no dice. Anyone have any ideas? Nevermind, it's fixed. The virtualbox I was using claimed it was still the most recent version, but manually checking virtualbox.org revealed that this was a lie. Updating mostly fixed the slowness issue (It's still not as fast as my other guest OSs, but it's at least it's usable now).
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